The team of China camera Association made a direct attack on the scene of the Winter Olympic Games | Hu Jinxi: opportunities are always reserved for those who are prepared.

Hu Jinxi is working in the Chongli Competition area of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games. Photo taken by Mao Jianjun

Hu Jinxi has participated in Sydney, Athens, the Beijing Summer Olympic Games and the Vancouver Winter Olympics, which is the veteran photographer's fifth Olympic journey. The experience of competing in the Olympic Games many times is rare for others. If there is anything different from the past, it is that if you host the Olympic Games on your own doorstep again, there will be no language communication barrier and no pressure other than photography. You can also be more focused if you are more relaxed. And because of the epidemic, it is the first time to celebrate the Spring Festival in a closed loop from the Spring Festival to the Lantern Festival. After the end of the Winter Olympic Games, he will continue to shoot the Winter Paralympic Games and is not expected to get out of the closed loop until early April. Although the strict closed-loop management policy has caused inconvenience to travel, it is precisely because of this that people fully feel the safety, efficiency and strong organization and management ability of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games. He used the "three warmth" to describe the trip to the Winter Olympic Games:

Lighting ceremony for the opening ceremony of the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing.

First, various services, organizations, processes and transshipment links are very in place. "whether it is in the venue or on the train, it is very fast, very convenient, and there are no worries at all." There are also volunteers everywhere they go, they are always enthusiastic, meticulous and considerate. Many of them are young college students who communicate with foreign friends in different languages and help them solve all kinds of problems. "the weather is so cold that they are on duty from morning till night at every transfer point, and their mental outlook is particularly commendable. When I was shooting outdoors, my fingers were so cold that the volunteers from the photography service immediately warmed the baby and stuffed it in my gloves, which made me feel warm. "

The second is to join the photography team of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games of the China Photo Association. Although the members have brought their own cold-proof clothing, the association has specially prepared down jackets, down pants and protective equipment for everyone to keep warm and cold outdoors. "if you really go to the wild, you will know the necessity of these clothes. You will be warm on your body and warm in your heart." During the shooting competition, the members of the team took care of each other, reminded each other, and sometimes set out together in groups, feeling that they were not fighting alone. "although the team is loose in form and takes what each needs in shooting, everyone takes care of each other, strives to live up to their mission, and leaves more wonderful moments of the Winter Olympic Games, and sometimes shooting together can also play the role of teamwork."

Third, the fighting spirit of Chinese athletes to win medals courageously, winter athletes are more difficult, can shoot them closely, draw the strength of life from them, will spontaneously give rise to a kind of warmth and exhilaration. "this is not a high profile. At every competition scene, I am really moved by their excellent performance. Of course, I can't slack off. Even if I only have two hours of sleep a day, I have to try to take more wonderful pictures."

On February 8, Gu Ailing won the women's freestyle skiing platform final at the Beijing Winter Olympics. IOC President Bach praised Gu Ailing with both hands.

On February 12, China's Gao Tingyu won the gold medal in the men's 500-meter speed skating and broke the Olympic record in the "Ice Ribbon" of the national speed skating hall.

On February 15, the men's snowboarding platform final of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games was held in Shougang. Su Yiming of China won the championship.

On February 19, Sui Wenjing / Han Cong performed the most difficult action "twirling four-week lift" in the competition and won the ninth gold medal.

On February 20, Yu Sheng performed a skating performance of "Spring, come", recreating the classic ice kiss ceremony.

The Beijing Youth Daily has only one photojournalist quota, and the newspaper's requirement is to focus on China's gold medals and advantageous events, so from the preliminary competition of the project, it is necessary to focus on the results and analyze which athletes are likely to win gold medals, while the shooting freedom of other events is relatively large, and it is up to him to determine what competitions to shoot. After more than ten days of shooting, the big photos on the front page of the Beijing Youth Daily have already posted seven or eight wonderful moments of the Winter Olympic Games taken by Hu Jinxi. For his shooting results, he only answered the simple two words "OK". But he did not hesitate to praise the filming of other journalists. On the display screen in the aisle of the Media Center, photos taken by reporters from Xinhua News Agency, Associated Press, Agence France-Presse, Reuters and other major news agencies and photographers of the official photo agency Getty Images were displayed instantly. "although the level of authority for Olympic photography is particularly clear, some positions and angles are indeed beyond the reach of ordinary journalists, and the position is certainly very important, but the position does not mean everything. You can't get the first point and the second point. The most important thing for photographers is in their minds. Opportunities are reserved for people who are prepared. If there are ideas, there will be ways. It can be seen that some pictures taken by some foreign media photographers pay more attention to the movement itself, and there are many perspectives that inspire people to think. " Hu Jinxi said.

Hu Jinxi went to Zhangjiakou for a total of three times. Once to shoot Su Yiming, although it was a 1:30 competition in the afternoon, in order to take advantage of the position, he and members of the team left at 6: 00 in the morning and arrived at the news center of the competition at 7: 00; on another occasion, he carried two sets of Canon EOS 1DX Mark Ⅲ cameras and telephoto lenses, and climbed to the top of the platform step by step in "crampons." The young reporters were amazed by such hard work. Some friends also advised him to take it easy in shooting outdoor projects. After all, the body who had undergone surgery was not as good as a young reporter with more physical strength, but Hu Jinxi did not take it seriously. "since you have come, try not to leave any regrets." shooting snow projects will further test the physical and psychological quality of a photojournalist. It is necessary to get up early in the morning and in the dark and be exposed to the cold. Photojournalist is not a glamorous career. I am glad to have the opportunity to experience this feeling again. This should be the last time for him to participate in the Olympic Games, and then he will participate in the shooting of the Winter Paralympic Games. "No problem, every day passes quickly, and two months pass in a flash. Everyone rest assured that I will continue to refuel."

Athletes at the closing ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games.

The article was published in the 3rd edition of the 14th issue of China Photography News in 2022.

Photography: Hu Jinxi

Collected and written: Li Jingjing

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